The National Advisory Committee
on Rural Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Fifty-Ninth Meeting of the National Advisory
Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Siena Hotel
1505 East Franklin St.
Chapel Hill, NC
Phone: (919) 929-4000
Fax: (919) 968-8527
Monday - June 2, 2008 – Siena Hotel, Tuscany Room
8:15 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Opening of Meeting
- Chair
9:15 a.m. Setting the Context for Rural North Carolina
- Bland Simpson, Director, Creative Writing Program, UNC-Chapel Hill
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Workforce and Community Development Speaker or Panel
- Erin Fraher - Director, NC Health Professions Data System, Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC, Chapel Hill
- Tom Bacon - Director, NC AHEC Program and Executive Associate Dean, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Noon - Lunch
1:15 p.m. North Carolina Smart Start Initiative Panel
- Stephanie Fanjul - President, NC Smart Start
- Tom Vitaglione - Senior Fellow, Health and Safety, Action for Children
North Carolina
2:30 p.m. Medicaid Demonstration on Medical Homes – Community Care Network of North Carolina Panel - Torlen Wade - Senior Consultant, NC Foundation for Advanced Health Programs, Inc
- Tom Wroth – Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Brian Toomey - CEO, Piedmont Health Services
3:30 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Overview of Site Visits
4:15 p.m. Call for Public Comment
Tuesday - June 3, 2008 – Siena Hotel, Tuscany Room
8 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 / 8:45 a.m. Depart for Site Visits:
- Medical Home Subcommittee - 8:30 am departure
- Community Care of Eastern Carolina, James Bernstein CHC in Greenville
- Serving At-Risk Children Subcommittee - 8:45 am departure
- Child Watch Tour, Chatham Family Resource Center in Siler City
- Workforce & Community Development Subcommittee - 8:30 am departure
- Edgecombe Community College, Area L AHEC Turning Point Allied Health RSP in Rocky Mount
- Community Care of Eastern Carolina, James Bernstein CHC in Greenville
Wednesday - June 4, 2008 – Siena Hotel, Tuscany Room
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:15 a.m. Subcommittee Time
9:00 a.m. Review of Subcommittee Visits
9:45 a.m. Letter to the Secretary
10:15 a.m. Preview of September Meeting
10:20 a.m. Call for Public Comment